Mrs. Saint and the Defectives Quotes

“It’s not how we got here,” she said as she went. “Or even that we are here. It’s where we go from here.”
― Julie Lawson Timmer, Mrs. Saint and the Defectives

“The thing about setting your life up so you could be completely alone was that you ended up completely alone.”
― Julie Lawson Timmer, Mrs. Saint and the Defectives

“It’s not how we got here,” she said as she went. “Or even that we are here. It’s where we go from here.” A”
― Julie Lawson Timmer, Mrs. Saint and the Defectives

“The thing about a dog is, a boy will hug it.” The words were whisper quiet, and because of the accent, and the fact that Markie was facing the opposite direction, it took her a second to figure them out. “He will bury his face in its fur. And he will cry if he needs to. Even if he cannot allow himself to do this in front of another person.”
― Julie Lawson Timmer, Mrs. Saint and the Defectives

“Forgiveness is not mine to give,” Mrs. Saint said. “It belongs to God. And as to whether he will, she will have to wait and see.” “But a lot of people forgive one another.” “I do not believe in it.” “The Catholic Church does, though, doesn’t it?” “I am not the Catholic Church. And I think it is too easy to get forgiveness from a person.”
― Julie Lawson Timmer, Mrs. Saint and the Defectives

“But he was rationing his words lately, and she knew if she asked him to blow a few dozen on Saturday morning, it could be Monday before he spoke again.”
― Julie Lawson Timmer, Mrs. Saint and the Defectives

“not how we got here,” she said as she went. “Or even that we are here. It’s where we go from here.” A”
― Julie Lawson Timmer, Mrs. Saint and the Defectives

“batteries in the smoke alarms, and since he “just happened”
― Julie Lawson Timmer, Mrs. Saint and the Defectives

“Just in case.” He turned to locate her potential future cube, then scanned the prairie rows until his eyes rested on”
― Julie Lawson Timmer, Mrs. Saint and the Defectives

“whine from the sidewalk outside her window. Peeking”
― Julie Lawson Timmer, Mrs. Saint and the Defectives

“She was the backstage director who worked so hard to make the star shine and without whom there could be no show. She was needed. And that made her feel secure. Marriage”
― Julie Lawson Timmer, Mrs. Saint and the Defectives

“mystery another time. Or better yet, she would try harder to ignore it. “What”
― Julie Lawson Timmer, Mrs. Saint and the Defectives

“like an even more generous gift now that it came with”
― Julie Lawson Timmer, Mrs. Saint and the Defectives